Cutting apparatus

A cutting apparatus, comprising:

• a housing having an outlet from which a user can receive a strip of material;
• a supply path that is at least partially arranged within said housing along which the strip advances to said outlet;
• a stationary blade for cutting the strip along said path upstream of said outlet, said stationary blade having a cutting edge extending transversely to an advancing direction of the strip;
• a supply device for supplying the strip intermittently along said supplying path until an end thereof exits said outlet, said supply device being arranged along said path upstream of said stationary blade without tensioning the strip downstream of said stationary blade, cutting of the strip being caused by the user who tensions the strip by pulling an end of the strip exiting said outlet;
• at least one movable element having a non-cutting edge that extends adjacent to and alongside said cutting edge and transversely to the advancing direction of the strip, said movable element adopting a protruding position, wherein at least one part of said non-cutting edge protrudes beyond said cutting edge, and a recessed position, wherein said at least one part of said non-cutting edge is recessed and/or flush compared with said cutting edge, said movable element normally being in said protruding position;
• wherein said movable element is pushed by the strip from said protruding position to said recessing position when the strip is tensioned by the user during cutting, said movable element returning elastically to said protruding position after the strip is cut to ensure that the margin of the strip that has just been cut is disengaged from said cutting edge.